Zoom Development Kit and MPC8360 System on Module (SOM) - Logic

Logic Product Development (Logic) announced the release of the MPC8360 SOMs, a new Zoom Development Kit and System on Module (SOM) using Freescale's MPC8360E PowerQUICC II Pro processor. The MPC8360 SOMs provide developers with a cost effective and compact solution, especially for industrial and medical applications.

The MPC8360 SOM is designed around Freescale's PowerQUICC II Pro 8360 processor. The MPC8360 combines an E300 Power Architecture core running up to 667MHz with a QUICCEngine communications controller. The combination of these two advanced technologies will reduce a system's cost while increasing its performance by providing both control and communications processing in a single chip solution.

Logic has placed the MPC8360 and an optional graphics controller onto a type III COM Express form-factor compatible module. The COM Express form-factor is small enough to fit into a wide range of end-user applications, yet still export important peripheral connections such as USB 2.0, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, VGA, LVDS, RS-232, RS-485, I2C, SPI, PCI, and PCI Express.

Logic and Freescale have engaged industry software experts to provide production ready industrial protocols such as PROFIBUS, IEEE 1588, and Ethernet PowerLink for the QUICCEngine portion of the module. Logic is providing a free, full source-code port of UBOOT and the Linux operating system for both the development kit and the SOM.

Standard SOM configurations and suggested resale prices (at 1K Qty):

• COMMPC8360-10-1652LCR - $324
  400 MHz, 128 MB SDRAM, 64 MB NAND, 8 MB NOR, 2×10/100 Ethernet
• COMMPC8360E-10-2752FCR - $476
  667 MHz, 256 MB SDRAM, 64 MB NAND, 8 MB NOR, 2×10/100/1000 Ethernet, Graphics, Touch

Zoom Development Kit will be available in Q3 this year through Freescale's Global distribution network with resale price of US$999.

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